Eldorado 26 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Question: Is it possible to retrieve a classic note link ("evernote:///...") to a note directly from the user interface? Background: RClick on a note only offers "Copy Internal Link (Ctrl-Alt-L)" which ends in a "https://..."-URL to be inserted in other documents (like Excel, Word, ...) On a MAC someone tolds me to press an "option button" after RClick to find the command - but on Windows, I've neither an Option-Button available nor does CTRL work :-( My current workaround is to paste the internal link to a (new, temp.) note text then RClick on this new inserted text and "Edit..." the link. Within the small dialog, I can Cut&Paste the internal syntax string... But this is time wasting and complicated... Link to comment
RavBoy 189 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 On EN-for-Windows, when you are in a note, and you do a CTRL+ALT+L to generate the CLASSIC (In-App) note-link (evernote:///view)... well, at this stage, you already have 'Retrieved' a classic note link... so to answer your question YES it's possible. I think the issue you're having, occurs when wanting to paste the 'actual' link-syntax, as opposed to the notes-title-anchor-text thingy. Hence why I think you are using your current '2-Step-Shuffle' of 1st pasting to notepad...as i believe notepad somehow strips everything away and just keeps the link-syntax. The easiest method I have found... when wanting to paste a classic note-link to either another app on your PC (assuming PC - not MAC), or a web-app, such as Asana (my online workflow system), simply Right Click and select 'PASTE AS PLAIN TEXT' -or- CTRL+SHIFT+V ...that should now show the classic-link syntax in 1 step. NB this however wont work if wanting to paste the classic link-syntax into another note on EN itself...don't know why!? ...and so back to your 2-step process 😞 My issue is, that unlike locally installed apps on my PC, such as MS Outlook or Word, that I can paste the classic links to fine, and have them open the note on the desktop... Classic note-links pasted to online web-enabled apps such as Asana...are not recognised!!! And no amount of configuring my browser has resolved it thus far... 1 Link to comment
RavBoy 189 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 also...and just to clarify for you/me/others. When in a note on EN-for-Windows...Shortcuts to generate Links CTRL+ALT+L - to get a IN-APP - CLASSIC Note Link evernote:///view/ CTRL+/ - to get a WEB Note Link : https://www.evernote.com/ Link to comment
Eldorado 26 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Huh, annoying because it makes a difference whether you are working on note within EN's main window or with a New Window 😞 If you are working on a note in EN's main window Command "Note -> Copy Internal Link" shows an accelerator "CTRL-ALT-L" ... and stores a classic URL in Window's clipboard (OK) CTRL-ALT-L does this job without clicking through the command (OK) "CTRL-/" does NOT work (FAIL) ... on German keyboards because a "/" is reachable only by using a shift key 😞 and CTRL-SHIFT-/ seems to have no or any other functionality Command "Note -> Copy External Link" is not available (WISH: offer command) ... so I've no possibility to generate an external URL in this mode - but... If you are working on a note in a New Window (my preferred method to work in parallel in several notes) Command "Note -> Copy Internal Link" shows no accelerator (WISH: show an accelerator) ... and stores an external URL in Window's clipboard (FAIL: should store an Internal URL) [A] "CTRL-ALT-L" works even it is not mentioned in command and places an external URL in clipboard (OK) "CTRL-/" does NOT work (FAIL) - as above... Command "Note -> Copy External Link" is not available (WISH: offer command) - as above... THX RavBoy! Link to comment
Eldorado 26 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Small addendum: to [A] Because "Note -> Copy Internal Link" works like a "Note -> Copy External Link" in this case (in a New window), this is could be seen as a feature (with invalid naming) - and it is the only way to get an external link to my note 😉. @EN-developers: Please end up these boring discussion by simply offenering both commands ("Note -> Copy Internal Link [CTRL-ALT-L]" and "Note -> Copy External Link [CTRL-/]") ... in both modes (Main window and New Window) ... with accellerators shown in command menus (to help to remember them easily for new users) ... and an other accellerator than "Ctrl-/" for German power users 😉 THX for your attention... Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,736 Posted August 16, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 16, 2019 On 8/11/2019 at 11:27 AM, Eldorado said: RClick on a note only offers "Copy Internal Link (Ctrl-Alt-L)" which ends in a "https://..."-URL to be inserted in other documents (like Excel, Word, ...) There are three types of note links . In-app (Classic); evernote:///view/... - Private browser; https://www.evernote.com/... - Public brower; https://www.evernote.com/... On my Mac and iPad, Copy Note Link updates the clipboard with the Private browser link; https://www.evernote.com/... I can verify this with a clipboard viewer app Pasting within the Evernote app converts this to the In-app (Classic) link; evernote:///view/... >>>>On a MAC someone tolds me to press an "option button" Confirmed; holding down the option key forces the In-app (Classic) link. Link to comment
Eldorado 26 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 1 minute ago, DTLow said: - Internal browser; https://www.evernote.com/... - Public brower; https://www.evernote.com/... What's the difference? 2 minutes ago, DTLow said: On my Mac and iPad, copy Internal Link updates the clipboard with the Internal browser link; https://www.evernote.com/...Pasting within the Evernote app converts this to the Internal in-app (Classic) link; evernote:///view/... On Windows, I sometime had the feeling that EN places both formats the clipboard (this is possible in Windows - we use this feature in our programs ;-)). So any other application is free to select the propper one for its own purpose during paste (Word: https:..., Evernote itself: evernote:...) Maybe I was confused during my tests. But I think they should not be toooo clever: If I have two distinct commands to place explicitely one URL in the clipboard, I will use the desired one in any case. BTW: In my environment I use the internal URL even in external cases like (HTML based) texts. Doing so, Windows will launch EN to show my note (and not a browser with un-comfortable EN-UI). This is why I mentioned [A] as a FAIL 😉 Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,736 Posted August 16, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Eldorado said: What's the difference?😉 I corrected this, the two links are Private Browser and Public Browser Two different browser links to the same note The Public Browser link allows access by anyone; no password required The Private Browser link requires userid/password to access >>BTW: In my environment I use the internal URL even in external cases like (HTML based) texts I also use the In-app (Classic) link; never the Private Browser link The In-app link also works within Evernote/Web Link to comment
Eldorado 26 Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Moreover I just saw a nice feature regarding auto-converting link formats: If I inserted external links ("https://...") to other documents (like an eMail body in Outlook) and then Copy&Paste this text back to an EN note EN converts it to an internal link ("evernote://..." automatically (NICE) and changes the colour to green (default for internal links! - very good) But... If I inserted external links ("https://...") to an eMail body in Outlook and then use "Save to Evernote" to move my sent message to EN EN does not auto-convert the links (@EN-Developers: WHY?) On 8/16/2019 at 6:01 PM, DTLow said: The Public Browser link allows access by anyone; no password required The Private Browser link requires userid/password to access THX for clarifying this - it leads me to some more investigations/findings (for Windows users) Note -> Copy internal link (Ctrl-Alt-L) creates internal links to be pasted within EN (OK) creates external private links to pasted outside EN (OK) Note -> Share -> Copy sharable link - in Main window creates external public links to pasted anywhere (OK - but be careful!) @EN-Developers: This command should show accelerator info ("Ctrl-/") Note -> Share -> Copy share URL (Ctrl-/) - in separate Note window creates external public links to pasted anywhere (OK - but be careful!) @EN-Developers: Please use other accelerator becasue "Ctrl-/" cannot be used on German keyboards Regarding "but be careful!": In my opinion, this command should be named "Copy public share URL" in all cases to grant a user to be aware of this. Up to now, a Public url remains public (with no password requirement) until a user explecitely stops access by command Note -> Share -> Share note... > Turn off But who knows this complicated commands later or is even aware ot public links later?@EN-Developers: please think about 😉 Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,736 Posted August 23, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted August 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, Eldorado said: ... is even aware ot public links later? Search sharedate:* Link to comment
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